catgood's review against another edition
4.0
This is a fun overview of germs and public health. Intended audience is probably middle school but there’s good info about different types of germs, how they spread, the birth of vaccinations and antibiotics, and info about a lot of common germs.
katebrarian's review
4.0
I loved the illustrations in this book of all the different germs. They look so mean! I love learning about epidemiology and I love science books for kids so this was a good one. I especially love the story of Barry Marshall who drank some bacteria in order to prove to the skeptical medical community that it could cause ulcers. Also I love bacteria names. Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium botulinum, there's something about them that I like! I don't know why. Campylobacter is just fun to say.
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